Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Vincent Jackson on Jameis Winston: 'Night and day' from preseason

Published Nov. 9, 2015 12:37 p.m. ET

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There's plenty of praise that can be pointed in the direction of rookie quarterback Jameis Winston. For starters, Winston is truly playing like the No. 1 pick that many expected him to be.

According to JoeBucsFan.com, just one of the many people raving about Winston, is wide receiver Vincent Jackson, who raved about the differences between Winston's play in the preseason to now.

“We go in here and we evaluate each and every play multiple times, and we’re going very in depth on his performance and on each and every one of our performances in here in this building and on that offense,” Jackson told JoeBucsFan.com. “So to see the plays that he’s making here now that maybe he wasn’t making in training camp and in the preseason, it’s night and day. That amount of improvement so quickly, I’m not saying he wasn’t ready and we weren’t excited about him then. But what he’s doing know, I mean, it’s like he’s doing it in his sleep."

It's pretty much spot on. Winston is playing smarter, with more poise and looks like a player who's more than ready to step up when it matters most. While the pick was originally questioned after Marcus Mariota's hot start, it seems that both of the top picks in the 2015 NFL draft have very bright futures.